Antique Map SOLOMON ISLANDS, SANTA CRUZ, PACIFIC OCEAN, VANDERMAELEN 1827
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Antique Map Oceanique PARTIE DES ILES SALOMON No.33by Phillipe VandermaelenPublished Brussels 1827 in "Atlas Universel"An interesting large format chart of part of the Solomon Islands and the Santa Cruz islands in the Pacific Ocean. The coverage includes the eastern half of Guadalcanal, San Cristobal, Malaita etc and extends east to the Santa Cruz Islands. The area was the scene of bitter fighting during World war II.An early lithographed map with attractive hand colouring and inset notes in French on the Solomon and Santa Cruz island groups.Fine unmarked condition. Centre fold as issued, printed on heavy grade wove paper, blank verso. Please see close up image.Approx. 20" x 18" (510 mm x 470mm) map area only, with good margins beyond. Phillipe Vandermaelen (1795 -1869) was a Belgian cartographer of some note and he published the large scale six volume Atlas Universel in 1827. It was the first atlas to employ the recently invented process of lithography and its folio maps display the whole world on the same massive scale of approx 26 miles to an inch in a conical projection.A GENUINE ANTIQUE MAP GUARANTEED OVER 180 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTSD613. Seller Inventory # 9967
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